People Change. Add A Letter Trivia Quiz

Answer: E

The letter "E" added to Stirling MOSS gives us Ed MOSES.

Moss finished as runner up in the driver's championship for four consecutive years between 1955 and 1958, losing out to the great Juan Manuel Fangio the first three times and in 1958, to Mike Hawthorn by a single point. In his final three seasons in Formula One, 1959-61, Moss finished third in the championship each year.

In an 11 year period between 1976 and 1987, 400 metres hurdles athlete Moses won two Olympic gold medals, two World Championship golds, set the world record four times and won an amazing 122 consecutive races. Following his retirement from track athletics, Moses competed in a 1990 World Cup bobsled race in Germany, where with an Olympic bobsledder as his partner, the pair won the bronze medal.

Answer: D

The letter "D" added to Patrick HENRY, gives us Stephen HENDRY.

Patrick Henry was one of the Founding Fathers who united the thirteen colonies and led the war to gain independence from Great Britain (1775-1783). His famous speech at the Second Virginia Convention of 1775, was one of the turning points in persuading people to fight for their independence.

Stephen Hendry was a snooker sensation when he burst onto the scene in 1985, at 16 years and three months old, the youngest snooker professional that there had been. His talent and the hard work put in as as amateur was evident as he won the Scottish Professional Championship three times, the British Open and the World Open before his history making moment in the World Championship, where he defeated Jimmy White by a score of 18-12.

Answer: I

The letter "I" added to Sam CANE yields Michael CAINE.

Sam Cane, who plays for the Chiefs, out of Hamilton in the Super Rugby competition, was named as All Blacks captain in 2020, following the international retirement of Kieran Read after the 2019 World Cup, which New Zealand finished in third place. Cane made his All Blacks debut in 2012 against Ireland, a match in which he scored two tries and at a score of 60-0, the All Blacks inflicted upon Ireland their largest-ever defeat.

Michael Caine has been a movie star great since he shot to fame in "Zulu" (1964) and "Alfie" (1966), cementing his reputation with performances in "The Italian Job" (1969), "A Bridge Too Far" (1977), "Educating Rita" (1983) and his Oscar winning role in "Hannah And Her Sisters" (1986). He, along with Jack Nicholson has been nominated for an Oscar in every decade from the 1960s to the 2000s, and won two, compared with Nicholson's three. Caine played the part of Alfred Pennyworth in three Batman movies, "Batman Begins" (2005), "The Dark Knight" (2008) and 2012's "The Dark Knight Rises".

Answer: T

A "T" added to the end of Jo BRAND and she becomes Willy BRANDT.

Jo Brand was a psychiatric nurse for ten years before trying her hand at stand up comedy, performing under the name "Sea Monster". Despite a tough start, she persevered, and soon gained a large cult following which was transformed into a larger, more mainstream following appearances on TV shows such as "Have I Got News For You" (1992 onwards) and being given her own show by Channel 4, "Jo Brand Through the Cakehole" (1993-1996).

Willy Brandt was born Herbert Frahm, and initially adopted the name Willy Brandt to avoid detection by Nazi agents during Hitler's reign. As a member of the Socialist Workers Party, Brandt feared persecution, and so fled Germany, first for Norway and then Sweden until the war came to an end. He entered politics after the war, and by 1964 was leader of the Social Democratic Party, and served as Chancellor of West Germany between 1969 and 1974, resigning this post after one of his closest aides was revealed to be a spy for the East German Secret Police, the Stasi.

Answer: H

By adding the letter "H" to Ben JONSON, he becomes Ben JOHNSON.

Ben Jonson was more of a writer of comedies than tragedies, such as "Every Man in His Humour" (1598), in which William Shakespeare played the part of Kno'well. His best known works are probably the satirical plays, "Volpone" (1606), "Epicoene" or "The Silent Woman" (1609), "The Alchemist" (1610) and "Bartholomew Fair" (1614).

"Big" Ben Johnson won bronze medals in the 100 metres and 4 x 100 metres relay at the Los Angeles Olympic of 1984 and went on to set a new world record for the distance of 9.83 seconds. At the Seoul Olympics of 1988, he broke his own world record by running 9.79 and became the first Canadian sprinter since 1928 to take 100 metres gold. That success lasted just two days however as he was found guilty of doping, stripped of his medal, and both his world record times were annulled.

Answer: P

A "P" added to Sally RIDE, and she becomes Charley PRIDE.

Sally Ride became the first woman from USA in space in 1983, and the third overall after cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova and Svetlana Savitskaya. At age just 32, she was also the youngest American to go into space when she was a member of the crew aboard Space Shuttle Challenger. Ride died in 2012 of pancreatic cancer, but her legend will always live on. "Ride, Sally Ride".

Charley Pride became the first African American to be inducted into the Grand Old Opry in 1993, and in 2000 was the first to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Apart from "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'", his best known songs include "Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone" (1970) and "Crystal Chandeliers" (1967).

Answer: I

An "I" will turn Jamie OLIVER into Laurence OLIVIER.

Jamie Oliver burst onto the TV cooking scene in 1999 with his TV show, "The Naked Chef" which ran until 2001. Since then he has become one of UK's highest profile celebrity chefs and has expanded into Europe and Australia. He did also have a brief stint in USA, in 2010 and 2011 with "Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution".

By the mid 20th century, Laurence Olivier was a leading light among British actors, and the one that up and comers in the craft looked up. His Shakespearean roles particularly showed an immense talent, whether he was playing the title role in Richard III or Othello or Shylock in Merchant Of Venice, all roles at which he was the master. He also starred in three films of the works of Shakespeare, Henry V (1944), Hamlet (1948), and Richard III (1955), but despite his huge stage presence and his many accolades including a knighthood and a life peerage, he remained a modest man, often insisting people call him Larry rather than Sir Laurence or Lord Olivier. On his death in 1989, he became only the second actor to be honoured with a burial in Poet's Corner at Westminster Abbey, the other being Henry Irving in 1905.

Answer: A

William TELL with the addition of an "A" becomes Jethro TEALL.

According to legend, when famed archer, William Tell refused to bow to the hat of bailiff, Albrecht Gessler, he was arrested and Gessler devised a cruel and unusual punishment. If Tell could shoot an apple from the son of his head, he could walk free. If not then both Tell and his son would die. Needless to say, Tell managed this feat, although as is often the way, it didn't end there. Gessler ordered that Tell's life be spared but he be imprisoned for the rest of his life, but Tell, in the style of a proper folk hero, managed to escape and use his crossbow to assassinate Gessler.

Although Sir Jethro Teall was accomplished in all areas of geology, it was his work in the field of mineral content within rocks, known as petrography, that made him stand out, as this science was still in its infancy. Teallite, the mineral named in his honour is a sulphide mineral of tin and lead, that was first discovered in Bolivia in 1904.

Answer: F

With just the letter "F" we turn J. Arthur RANK into Anne FRANK.

J. Arthur Rank taught Sunday School at Methodist Churches, including the showing of religious films, which due to their popularity he also began to make. When members of the Methodist Church expressed concern over the influence mass produced movies were having, Rank accepted the challenge to build a wholesome British film company that would rival Hollywood. His newly formed British National Films Company made their first feature film in 1935, the same year that his famous Pinewood Film Studios opened.

Anne Frank, who was just 15 when she died, produced one of the best known books in the world when she kept her diary, documenting the life of her and her family while in hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam, Netherlands. She was without doubt one of the most important voices of the 20th century, and an incredible advocate for human dignity.

Answer: Edith Piaf

Edith Piaf, known universally as "The Little Sparrow", was a French singer, who was also so much more than a French singer. Well known prior to WWII, with her amazing voice and trademark black dress, she gained notoriety during the war for her alleged collaboration with occupying German forces and was branded a traitor.

Following the war, it was revealed that she had played many times at prisoner of war camps in Germany, and had personally assisted prisoners escape. It was also after WWII that she recorded what are probably her best known songs, "La Vie En Rose" (1946) and "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien" (1960).

After many years of alcohol and medication abuse, Piaf died in 1963, aged just 47 from an aneurysm due to liver failure.